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On Friday a team of forensic anthropologists from the University of Indianapolis finished excavating the skeletal remains found in Harrison County.

Highway workers trimming trees and cleaning debris Thursday found the human remains under an overpass in Mauckport.

Police said the small pieces of clothing and shoes found are modern, leading them to believe that it is not an old site.

A wallet, key, glasses, and Indiana driver's license were all found at the scene Friday.

Investigators said the anthropologists will help them learn about what caused the death.

Detective Nick Smith with the Harrison County Sheriff's Department, who was one of the first at the scene, said there are few clues -- even the person's clothing has deteriorated. Smith noticed just a single boot. "We want to first identify the individual and then do some victimology to find out what that individual is about and the last known time anyone saw them," Smith said. "All that tells a bigger story, along with what the forensic anthropologist might find with evidence that will tell us what type of death this is."

Forensic anthropologists are collecting evidence, including the remains and soil.

"The most important thing for us is to make sure everything is preserved and the right people are working on the right things to make sure we can identify this individual," Smith said.

For now, it's being labeled a death investigation. Because of the area where the remains were found, what Smith describes as farmlands backing up to a wooded area, he said it could be a hunter who died of natural causes, but could be something else.

"It's unknown to us at this point what it is. But the most important thing is to identify that individual," Smith said. "There's a family somewhere that's missing a loved one and for us that's important."